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BASF and Nissan Announce Streamlined Processes

January 10, 2013
 BASF has expanded its partnership with Nissan, now supplying the automaker with coatings and paints for the Pathfinder and Infiniti models at its Smyrna plant in Tennessee. BASF supplies Nissan with coating solutions from e-coat and basecoat t…  Read More »
Powder Coatings Show Issues Call for Papers

January 10, 2013
The Powder Coating 2013 Conference and Expo, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, October 8-10 has issued a Call for Papers. POWDER COATING 2013 invites industry professionals to share their knowledge through seminar presentations. The topics…  Read More »
Spencer Coatings Acquires Stokes Paint
Spencer Coatings Acquires Stokes Paint

January 10, 2013
Spencer Coatings has become the U.K.’s largest independent coatings manufacturer after it acquired Stokes Paints in a deal worth £5million. Employing more than 100 people, the enlarged Spencer Coatings will have a turnover of more than &p…  Read More »
31st Bienniel Western Coatings Symposium Issues Call for Papers

January 9, 2013
The 31st Bienniel Western Coatings Symposium (WCS), which will be held October 20-23, 2013  at the Paris Hotel is Las Vegas, Nevada has issued a call for papers and academic posters. The WCS Committee is seeking technical presentations focused…  Read More »
Resinate to Present Free Polyurethane Dispersion Webinar

January 9, 2013
Resinate Materials Group, Inc. will be presented a free webinar on January 24, 2013. “Tomorrow’s Polyurethane Dispersions: Fundamentals, structure and industrial applications that offset other resin technologies"   will be…  Read More »
PPG Introduces D8115 Matte & D8117 Semi-Gloss Clearcoat for Automotive Refinish

January 9, 2013
PPG Industries'  automotive refinish business has expanded the PPG Global Refinish System line with the addition of two new versatile, reduced-gloss clearcoats, D8115 Matte and D8117 Semi-Gloss. The new clearcoats make up the Matte Clearcoat…  Read More »
United Gilsonite Laboratories’ Products Accepted into ARCOM’s MasterSpec

January 8, 2013
United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL) has received notice of acceptance of both Glazol Glazing Compound and Drylok Powdered Masonry Waterproofing into ARCOM’s MasterSpec master guide specifications to engineers, architects, and design professiona…  Read More »
Troy Introduces Troysol 382 Wetting Additive for Surface Tension Reduction

January 8, 2013
Troy Corporation recently introduced Troysol 382, a multifunctional, silicone-free wetting additive that promotes strong dynamic surface tension reduction in aqueous systems, resulting in excellent wetting and application characteristics, according t…  Read More »
DuPont Performance Coatings Launches General Motors Sponsored Parts Rebate Program

January 7, 2013
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) has launched the General Motors (GM) sponsored Parts Rebate Program for 2013.  GM has partnered with DPC to offer the parts rebate to the DPC network of collision shops. The process is simple - when shops choose…  Read More »
BASF to Enhance Global Capacity of Hexanediol

January 7, 2013
BASF will increase its annual global capacity for manufacturing the chemical intermediate 1, 6-hexanediol (HDO) by more than 20 percent to more than 50,000 tons per annum by 2014. For this purpose, the company will further optimize its production pro…  Read More »
Rodman Publishing Now Rodman Media

January 7, 2013
Rodman Publishing Corp., publisher of market-leading trade magazines such as Coatings World, Ink World, Happi, Nonwovens Industry and Label and Narrow Web, has changed its name to Rodman Media Corp. The change, effective January 1, 2013, better refle…  Read More »
PPG Wins Federal Award to Develop Chemical-Agent-Resistant Powder Coatings

January 4, 2013
PPG Industries has received a $1.5 million award from the federal government’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) to develop a chemical-agent-resistant coating (CARC) in powder form for use on military vehicles and…  Read More »
PPG Launches ALK28-901 Topcoat

January 4, 2013
The commercial coatings group of PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) automotive refinish business has introduced ALK28-901, a factory-packaged 2.8 VOC (volatile organic compound) alkyd enamel intended for general industrial use. The new black topcoat is f…  Read More »
PPG Launches Matte Clearcoat System for PPG Global Refinish System Line

January 4, 2013
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive refinish business has expanded the PPG GLOBAL REFINISH SYSTEM line with the addition of two new versatile, reduced-gloss clearcoats, D8115 Matte and D8117 Semi-Gloss. The new clearcoats make up the Matte Cl…  Read More »
Lonza Completes Sale of its Performance Urethanes and Organics Business to Monument Chemical

January 3, 2013
 Lonza Group and Monument Chemical has announced the completion of the sale of Lonza Group's Performance Urethanes and Organics business located in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The transaction was announced in November 2012. Financial terms are n…  Read More »

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